tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9750903570362653052018-03-06T07:58:04.394-04:00Scrap Yourselfchalesekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120035517381725607noreply@blogger.comBlogger347125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-975090357036265305.post-11997888982122731282012-01-23T00:28:00.002-04:002012-01-23T00:30:43.792-04:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6d2rJZklxF0/TxziXP7xqpI/AAAAAAAAAC0/yYahNV5qDeI/s1600/SY%2B2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 398px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6d2rJZklxF0/TxziXP7xqpI/AAAAAAAAAC0/yYahNV5qDeI/s400/SY%2B2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700680117386324626" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So ,the question is, What does winter mean to me? Here in the Midwest, it means cold and snowy. That was never truer, than last February. We got hit with a winter storm, where is snowed for 24 hrs straight. The total snowfall was somewhere just below 30 inches in that 24 hr period. The storm shut down one of our major expressways, with over 1,500 cars stuck overnight.<br /><br />I have lived here all my life and I am still not a fan of the cold or snow. For me, I only want snow on Christmas day.<br /><br />In this layout, I used a photo I took the morning after the big snow storm. You can't even see my front porch. It took my DH hours to shovel us out. So for me, winter is cold, snowy and messy. I am truly a warm weather girl.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script>(function(d, s, id) {
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<div class="fb-like" data-href="http://scrap-yourself.blogspot.com" data-send="false" data-layout="button_count" data-width="450" data-show-faces="false" data-font="arial"></div></div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17446062845676720281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-975090357036265305.post-82615575213037591042012-01-20T06:21:00.002-04:002012-01-20T06:28:56.481-04:00Brrrr...my thoughts on winter!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KmWKR8bF3qA/TxlAvmdBNVI/AAAAAAAACbk/TlBeNNTcFI0/s1600/IMG_2253.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KmWKR8bF3qA/TxlAvmdBNVI/AAAAAAAACbk/TlBeNNTcFI0/s400/IMG_2253.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699657989934363986" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7ApAPH9-Vfc/TxlAu_u9CAI/AAAAAAAACbU/kg_Y5vkHxMw/s1600/IMG_2252.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7ApAPH9-Vfc/TxlAu_u9CAI/AAAAAAAACbU/kg_Y5vkHxMw/s400/IMG_2252.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699657979540604930" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k8CdTXtmtLs/TxlAucufB6I/AAAAAAAACbI/Jti6Xt3zuGc/s1600/IMG_2249.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k8CdTXtmtLs/TxlAucufB6I/AAAAAAAACbI/Jti6Xt3zuGc/s400/IMG_2249.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699657970143397794" /></a>Here in Ontario when it gets down to -40 degrees, there are times when I just cannot express how welcome spring time will be. That being said, as the years go by, I do try and appreciate winter for what it is and the special activities it brings. If anything, it makes me appreciate summer that much more!<div>One thing is for sure... winter themed projects are my favourite to scrap! I love all the snowflakes, the glitter, the cool colour schemes and the adorable woodland creatures that grace our pages... so lovely!</div><div>Here I've created some winter themed cards. The charm to these cards is in the sponging of my edges and the faux-stitching I've done with my white pen. Keep warm this winter!</div><div><a href="http://scrapsmith.blogspot.com/">~Brenna</a><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script>(function(d, s, id) {
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<div class="fb-like" data-href="http://scrap-yourself.blogspot.com" data-send="false" data-layout="button_count" data-width="450" data-show-faces="false" data-font="arial"></div></div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17446062845676720281noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-975090357036265305.post-50532584100779228232011-12-15T01:16:00.003-04:002011-12-15T01:16:01.467-04:00Jenifer's Christmas Spirit Post<div align="center">﻿</div><div align="center">This weeks topic is<br /><strong>The Christmas Spirit</strong></div><div align="center">and what it means to you.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">I would definitely have to say as most of us would that Christmas is much different as an adult than it was a child for sure. Now instead of spending the whole month of December in a euphoric trance waiting for Santa and wondering what will be in sack for you, you spend the whole month of December trying create this same &nbsp;feeling you experienced as a child&nbsp;for your own&nbsp;children. We go through great lengths to keep the integrity of Santa,&nbsp;Elves, his Reindeer&nbsp;and the whole myth alive for our children. But I cannot say I mind at all I love watching how happy it makes them and seeing my own face in theirs as that joyful much anticipated day draws closer. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">We start our Christmas traditions the weekend before Thanksgiving actually. We like to transform the house into Santa land, lol. This is a huge job, lol I think it took us 8 hours this year, lol. We pack away everything in the living room and dinning room and put &nbsp;out our many Holiday items instead. We even put up 2 trees. The one in the dinning room is reserved to look more elegant and the one in the living room is for all of our modge podge of ornaments we've collected over the years along with all the treasured items the kids have made us over the years in school. We leave the tree in the living room empty with only lights on it and on Thanksgiving day when the whole family is here, we let the kids decorate it.&nbsp; The kids really enjoy this and the grandparents really appreciate being a part of the kids holiday traditions as they don't get to do this with own children anymore. The kids love all their pretty holiday things out for the month. I love to walk into the living room and see one of them fiddling some of the decor. Never fails whether it be a snow globe they are shaking vigorously or changing the numbers on the how many days til Christmas countdowns we have. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">On Christmas Eve the kids and I spend the day cooking and baking away, we make platters and platters of holiday cookies. Oh I can just smell gingerbread men just talking about it. Anyway we put the cookies and milk out for Santa as most people do and the kids wake up the next morning and&nbsp;usually find Santa's ball off the end of his hat lying near the platter of cookies....lol. We always try to think of little details like that to keep the spirit alive. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">I hope one day they will have the opportunity to make these kind of memories with their own children and pass down stories of their own favorite holidays and traditions from when they were small. It's not about material things or how many gifts you get but&nbsp;about the lasting&nbsp;memories you make. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--BOqbluPqs0/TuZ66IgF1WI/AAAAAAAAA04/l7ExTrmG9FY/s1600/Picture+5840.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" closure_uid_qd3nux="94" height="400" oda="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--BOqbluPqs0/TuZ66IgF1WI/AAAAAAAAA04/l7ExTrmG9FY/s400/Picture+5840.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is my take on this week's challenge. It's a layout of me stringing lights on the tree.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used Riddersholm's I Believe and&nbsp;The Day Before Collections&nbsp;for this page. I misted the doily behind the photo&nbsp;and cut out the center. The sentiment is from&nbsp;Bo Bunny's Father Christmas collection&nbsp;and the flowers are Prima. I <span style="background-color: white;">used some filler I found from my local craft store, in the holiday section&nbsp;behind the flowers to make them look more dramatic. The cherub is actually just a cheapie Christmas decoration that I was dying to add on a page, lol and this one happened to be perfect!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Don't forget to link your take on this weeks challenge for your opportunity to win Sarinda's handmade necklace she so generously donated as this week's RAK!</div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script>(function(d, s, id) {
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Do you like to shop for the perfect gift, do you study weeks to make perfect Christmas food, is it about gathering with your friends or family or is it the spiritual side of Christmas? Scrap it and share it with our on Scrap Yourself.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This challenge will run for 3 weeks. The best entry will win a fabulous prize, sponsored by our own DT member Sarinda.&nbsp;</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Wear glass jewelry to make a statement at a party, or for a quiet evening of elegant dining. Pendants are kiln formed glass, fired in a kiln, hand beveled and polished on a 16" ball chain. Each piece is one of a kind.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>The winner will get both pendants! One for you and one to give.&nbsp;</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>The true Christmas Spirit</i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UcqiKLUrUEY/TueT68PxYAI/AAAAAAAAAyc/z6FrYsgxl0Q/s1600/sarindakopie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="158" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UcqiKLUrUEY/TueT68PxYAI/AAAAAAAAAyc/z6FrYsgxl0Q/s320/sarindakopie.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UDRI07zeSuA/TuT6UnDzh0I/AAAAAAAAAyE/Af-gTSkBluI/s1600/MultiNecklace+Sarinda.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This pendant is handmade by Sarinda. She is a glas artist. This pendant is great on a necklace, but you could also use it on a scrapbook project! The choice is yours.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">If you want to see more of here great work, check out <a href="http://www.reflectiveartstudio.com/" target="_blank">Reflective Art Studio</a>.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We will show you our 'Christmas Spirit' layouts the next few days. So please return for &nbsp;more inspiration! Enter your creations by using Mr Linky on the right.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Happy Scrapping!!!</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script>(function(d, s, id) {
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<div class="fb-like" data-href="http://scrap-yourself.blogspot.com" data-send="false" data-layout="button_count" data-width="450" data-show-faces="false" data-font="arial"></div></div>Nanette van der Veenhttps://plus.google.com/112331112774545988496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-975090357036265305.post-77410302414739055012011-12-02T13:13:00.003-04:002011-12-02T13:23:29.375-04:00Change the World... Sarinda's Layout<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x2eXY0oXh64/TtkHqSEIsmI/AAAAAAAAApk/77j1oAZ2X6Q/s1600/ChangeTheWorld.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 317px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x2eXY0oXh64/TtkHqSEIsmI/AAAAAAAAApk/77j1oAZ2X6Q/s320/ChangeTheWorld.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681580827889676898" border="0" /></a>So I will be Brief on this topic.... and obviously this is not real money.....!!!<br /><br />As we all know money makes our world go round. Right? I do believe to ask that our society go back to a place of bartering is <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">naive</span>. So with this I have made a commitment to knowing where the money I spend goes to. Does it help a local farmer keep his/her local farm.... Etc...<br />Cheers and a warm thank you.<br />Sarinda<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KGZHBe9XKIQ/TtkHp1EN5EI/AAAAAAAAApY/wCglZ2fYEBg/s1600/ChangeTheWorldDetail.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 304px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KGZHBe9XKIQ/TtkHp1EN5EI/AAAAAAAAApY/wCglZ2fYEBg/s320/ChangeTheWorldDetail.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681580820105389122" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script>(function(d, s, id) {
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<div class="fb-like" data-href="http://scrap-yourself.blogspot.com" data-send="false" data-layout="button_count" data-width="450" data-show-faces="false" data-font="arial"></div></div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17446062845676720281noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-975090357036265305.post-87588460367093254322011-11-29T03:13:00.002-04:002011-11-29T03:13:00.696-04:00Jenifer's Layout<div align="center">Hi everyone, it's Jenifer again, hope everyone had an awesome Thanksgiving Holiday!</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">This weeks topic here at Scrap Yourself is </div><div align="center"><strong>"If I Could Change The World"﻿</strong></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">What would you do if you could change the world? I had a bit of a hard time with this one, because the list could go on forever, lol. But I settled on an issue that I think would be a great start to making this world a better place for ourselves and generations to come.....Live and Let Live</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">HERE'S MY TAKE ON THIS WEEKS TOPIC</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">LIVE AND LET LIVE</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g0saf3z9XQ4/TtPeaph5weI/AAAAAAAAAyY/ovBlNSjLzzM/s1600/Picture+5722.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="398" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g0saf3z9XQ4/TtPeaph5weI/AAAAAAAAAyY/ovBlNSjLzzM/s400/Picture+5722.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The journaling reads:</div><div align="center"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><br /><div align="center"><em>If I could change the world, I'm not sure I'd </em></div><div align="center"><em>know where to start, there are so many </em></div><div align="center"><em>evils in the world we live in today....I'm not </em></div><div align="center"><em>sure it could be changed. I could go on </em></div><div align="center"><em>forever about every montrocity that plauges</em></div><div align="center"><em>this world on a daily a basis, but I won't. I </em></div><div align="center"><em>do believe no one said it better than Mr John </em></div><div align="center"><em>Lennon himself when he sang out "All You </em></div><div align="center"><em>Need Is Love" There's never been one thing </em></div><div align="center"><em>more true. If as a world we could find it in our </em></div><div align="center"><em>hearts to love our fellow man and forget the </em></div><div align="center"><em>hate and rage we hold in our hearts towards </em></div><div align="center"><em>anyone of the unlike, I'm sure that would be </em></div><div align="center"><em>an amazing start to changing the evils in this </em></div><div align="center"><em>world and making it a better place for the </em></div><div align="center"><em>entire human race! I wish people understood </em></div><div align="center"><em>that different is ok, we do not all have to be </em></div><div align="center"><em>the same, why would you want to be. We </em></div><div align="center"><em>must learn to love one another for who and </em></div><div align="center"><em>what we are, without persacution. It's ok to</em></div><div align="center"><em>love your own God, it's ok if you are gay, it's</em></div><div align="center"><em>ok to make life choices that are best for you</em></div><div align="center"><em>and will do no harm to others, it's ok to have</em></div><div align="center"><em>your own beliefs and rituals, it's ok to march</em></div><div align="center"><em>to the beat of your own drum. Who are we to</em></div><div align="center"><em>judge for what is right and what is wrong, we </em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>have a maker that will do this for us one day<strong>&nbsp; </strong></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><u><em>LIVE AND LET LIVE</em></u></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">SUPPLIES:</div><div style="text-align: center;">background paper Prima Fairy Flora collection</div><div style="text-align: center;">DCWV scrap pieces layered behind the journaling</div><div style="text-align: center;">Prima haydranga floawers</div><div style="text-align: center;">embroidery floss</div><div style="text-align: center;">generic doily</div><div style="text-align: center;">generic beads</div><div style="text-align: center;">generic buttons</div><div style="text-align: center;">Bazzil card stock and Cricut's Cursive 101 cartridge for the alpha's</div><div style="text-align: center;">the butterfly is actually a patch I had bought to go on my daughter's jeans</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For more details and close up's vivist my blog at </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://heldscraptive.blogspot.com/">http://heldscraptive.blogspot.com/</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;<strong>Link&nbsp;your&nbsp;yake on this week's topic by&nbsp;December 11, 2011 for a chance to win a RAK!</strong></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script>(function(d, s, id) {
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